Alafah Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Alafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Alafah (87) may also be a first name.
Alafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alafah (Arabic: اللفه) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,755,741st most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Alafah live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 87 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria Alafah is most numerous in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent are found and Pakistan, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alafah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alafah in the Arabic language | ||
| اللفه | allfh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alafah
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